Double curtain-rod fixture



M. MOORE nouBLEi C RTAIN ROD FIXTURE Match 4', 1924."-

- Fi led S ept '29. 1922 Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

UNITED srrss LONNIE M. Moons, or HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, 'assrenon or'on-iz rnrnn ro' c5 HEWLETT JACKSON Ann ONE-THIRD TOVITAS L. 'eA Es;BOTH/F 'norxmsvmm;

KENTUCKY.

PATENT" DOUBLE CURTAIN-ROD Emittin Application filed September 2 9 1922.Serial No. 591,305.

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LONNIE' M. MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at. Hopkinsville, in the county of Christian and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' DoubleCurtain-Rod Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to' curtain rods and 1 more particularly to doublecurtain rod fixtures. 7

One object of the invention is to provide a double curtain rod structurein which the outer rod is provided at its ends with means for supportingthe inner rod, such means also serving toengage the window' frame so asto support both rods.

A further object is to provide a special bracket for use in connectionwith double windows, such bracket serving to support the adjacent endsof both pairs of rods.

In order that the invention may be readily understood, reference is hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and inwhich Fig. 1 is a plan view illustrating my 1mprovements as applied to adouble window, one of the double rods being omitted;

Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of one of the outer rods used inconnection with a single window;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary prospectiveview on an enlarged scale, of the endof my improved outer rod and the supporting bracket attached thereto;and

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of my im proved special bracket for doublewindows.

Referring to the drawings in detail, and more particularly to Figs. 1, 3and 4 thereof, the side frame members of a double window are indicatedat 1, and the middle frame member at 2. Adapted to be secured to thefront face of the middle frame member is a special bracket 3, moreclearly shown in Fig. 1. This consists of a relatively long narrow platehaving up turned ends 4, and having intermediate such ends a pair ofstruck up tongues or lugs 6. The upstanding ends 4 are provided with apair of holes 5, and the lugs 6 are provided with pairs of holes 7,which holes are adapted to receive pairs of pins or spurs 17, carried atthe ends of the inner and outer curtain rods respectively. The bracket 3is further provided-withone or more holes 8, through which-may bedriven'ynails or tacks, such as 9, in ord erto secure the bracket tothemiddle window frame 'mem-' ber, as showniniFig. 1.v v 1 The outercurtain rod its entlrety by the reference numeral 10,

and it comprises "a pair of telescoping sec tions held together by meansof aspring- 10 engaging overtongues or hooks10 struck up from thetwosections. a Theshape of these telescoping sections, andthe conisdesignated in;

struction and arrangement of springji above mentioned, istlie sameasthat shown and described in my priorvcopendingiappli} Q cation SerialNumber 564,320, ;filed May. 29, 1922,"and each section is in the form ofa flattened C-shaped tube, havin inturned flanges 13, as more clearly sown in Fig. 3.

The end of each outer rod 10 remote from the bracket 3 is bent or bowed,as in my above mentioned application, and carries a pair of spurs 14,adapted to bite into the side edges of the side frame members 1, asshown in Fig. 1. To'such end of each outer rod 10 is also secured acombined stop plate and bracket 11. Such plate is preferably secured tothe curtain rod, by means of a portion 12 thereof being bent atsubstantial right angles to the main portion of the plate, and beingengaged under the turned over edges 13 of the rod 10, as clearly shownin Fig. 3, such turned over edges constituting a continuation of theflanges 13, but being pressed down so as to constitute beads. Inaddition to being held under these beads, the portion 12 of the plate 11may also be secured by solder, if desired. The spurs 14 pass through theportion 12 of the plate, as shown in Fig. 3.

The plate 11 extends substantially parallel with the main portion of therod 10, and its free end is bent up or outwardly toward said escopingsections held together by a spring.

(not shown). The tens on of the spring therefore serves to maintain thepins or spurs 17 in engagement with the holes 16 in the plate 11 at oneend, and with the holes 5 in the upstanding end 4-. of the bracket 3, atthe other end of the rod.

Moreover, when assembled as shown at the left, in Fig. 1, the stop plate11 lies flat against the frontiface of the window frame member 1, andthus cooperates with the spurs 14 to rigidly support the outer curtainrod 10.

When employed for single windows, the outercurtain rodlO is providedwith stop plates and spurs at bothends, as indicated at 11 and 14, and11 and 1.4 in Fig. 2. In this case, of course, the bracket 3 is omitted,and the inner rod l8'is supported at both ends by means of the stopplates 11 and 11.

What I claim is:-

1. A curtain rod comprising a pair of telescoping sections, a springurging said sections together, the end of said rod being provided withspurs and bent so as to extend at right angles to the body of the rodand engage the side edge of a window frame, and a horizontally extendingstop plate carried by the bent endofthe rod and projecting at rightangles thereto so as to engage the front face of the window frame, aportion of said plate being turned outwardly to form a lug adapted tosupport the end of a second curtain rod, said lug having perforationsadapted to receive rod fastening means. i

2. A double curtain rod fixture comprising inner and outer rods withbowed ends,

the outer rod having secured to one end thereof a stop plate adapted to'engagevthe face of the frame at one side of the Window, said platehaving a turned out end to which one end of the inner rod is secured,and a bracket attached to the frame at the opposite side of the windowhaving two lugs spaced horizontally along the window frame to which lugsthe other ends of both said'rods are secured. a

3'. A fixture for supporting double ourtain rods on double windowscomprising a LONNIE M. MOORE.

